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Join us for a night of musical entertainment with young people from Southend YMCA as they pay tribute to Freddie Mercury to mark the 30th...

World YMCA & YWCA and Southend YMCA invite you to participate in World Week of Prayer. From 7th to 13th November, we’ll be reflecting and ce

Southend YMCA pays tribute to our patron, Sir David Amess

After the success of the online music and mental health online event last year, the The Huge Hangout is returning as a live, free one-day...

Throughout the month of August, Southend YMCA hosted a free Summer Programme at Leigh Community Centre for children aged 8-12 years old....

All In Music is very excited to be teaming up with the young musicians of Southend to bring live music to Southend High Street every...

Back in 2009 to 2010 Southend YMCA opened a social enterprise popup shop on Southend High Street called Etc, to give young people hands-on e

As we all start to return to a bit of normality after lockdown, we are extremely pleased to be able to start delivering our youth...

My name is Kelly Kennedy and I am the project coordinator for our new exciting volunteer project Y’s Girls. The program is a volunteer...

We are very excited to announce that our FREE music sessions for babies, toddlers and their parents/carers is BACK! Making music with...

Hi! I am Millie, and I have recently joined Southend YMCA as a Youth Commissioner, through the Jack Petchey Internship Programme. In...

Southend YMCA is very excited to be working towards opening a children's home, building on our proven competencies as a high-quality...

All In Music (AIM), Southend YMCA’s long-established youth music project, is presenting a free virtual open weekend for the public on...

YMCA's national event Sleep Easy takes place this Friday. It provides essential fundraising for YMCA's across the country to continue to...

Southend YMCA are delighted to be offering FREE online activities this Easter holidays to young people aged 11-16 who are in receipt of...

Towards the end of last year, Southend YMCA's FYV initiative asked the people of Southend to contribute to a community quilt to tell the...

Southend YMCA launches mentoring programme connecting vulnerable girls with positive role models which has been specifically developed to...

Hi, my name is Emily Harris, I’m a Youth Commissioner with Southend YMCA and I’d like to tell you about what it’s like to work in the...

Southend YMCA calls on community to take part in special Sleep Easy event to raise money and awareness in aid of youth homelessness....